Jin Shanzhao

"Ip Man, have you ever been hungry ever day? (...) The first day I came to Foshan, I told myself I would never be hungry again. I WILL NEVER BE HUNGRY AGAIN!"

- Jin to Ip

Jin Shanzhao (金山找) is a Northern Chinese martial artist and was a leader of a bandit gang during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

He is a minor antagonist in Ip Man but becomes one of the main characters in Ip Man 2.

Ip Man
Jin is an aggressive, rude, highly skilled Northern Chinese martial arts master who in beginning of the movie when to Foshan in order to challenge the other martial artists. He was able to defeat a lot of them and planned to open a martial arts club in Foshan after defeating all the martial artists but after hearing about the best martial artist Ip Man, he set off to fight him to be the best martial artist. He ends up losing to Ip Man, but not before saying that his Northern Martial Arts have lost to Ip Man's Southern Martial Arts.

During the Japanese invasion in 1937, Jin led a gang of bandits in an attempt to extort money from a cotton mill. He harassed the workers and ordered them the next time he came they better have money. Ip Man later visits his friend, Chow Ching-Chuen, who owns and runs a cotton mill in Foshan. Chow's son tells Ip that a bandit gang led by Jin is harassing the workers and trying to extort money from them. Ip finally consents to teach others and trains the workers in Wing Chun for self-defense.

When Jin and the bandits return to the cotton mill, the workers fight back using the techniques that Ip taught them. Ip himself arrives midway through the battle. He defeats many of the robbers and personally beats Jin, embarrassing him yet again. Ip warns him not to harass the workers again. After this incident, Jin and his men inform the Japanese soldiers of Ip's connection to the cotton mill. He went to Hong Kong after getting one of his ears injured during the fight in the cotton mill and mended his ways.